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The iPhone 5 has reportedly been jailbroken

44 points by superchink 14y ago

guelo 14y ago
I tend to think that Apple, and Android manufacturers for that matter, aren't really interested in full lockdown. Jailbreaking is a selling point for a good sized fraction of the market.
- Empro 14y ago
  When it comes to Apple, I seriously doubt it.
- hbz 14y ago
  Apple can't really keep vulnerabilities in iOS even if people demand jailbreaks. It's their obligation to patch them whenever possible to avoid third parties using the same hole to do something malicious.
- mikeash 14y ago
  If that were the case, why wouldn't they make it easier?
  - joshryandavis 14y ago
    They don't trust Cydia, which is understandable.
    - mikeash 14y ago
      That's completely contrary to the idea that Apple is deliberately letting people circumvent the lockdown, though.
  - r00fus 14y ago
    2 major reasons: The content industry Segmenting markets geopraphically
  - ktizo 14y ago
    Marketing via nerdsniping. http://xkcd.com/356/ http://xkcd.com/356/ It has to be a challenge to make it interesting.
- mason55 14y ago
  Except Apple hired Comex, a well known iPhone hacker, to improve security
daeken 14y ago
I'm surprised that anyone doubts what chpwn posts, even if it is remarkably quick. After all, he's been doing this stuff for years and is quite well known for his jailbreak work; I'm sure he's spent the better part of 2 or 3 months working on a nice iOS6 hack to make this happen. (Disclaimer: He's been a friend of mine for years, so I can't say I'm not a bit biased)
- bmeckel 14y ago
  No I think most people trust him, he's done a lot of great work in the past. I'm just wondering if he held on to an A5 exploit and it turned out to be identical on the A6 set. If that's the case then it could make for a quicker turnaround for 4s and 5 jailbreaks.
DigitalSea 14y ago
This isn't that hard to believer, chpwn is incredibly talented and to be fair iOS 6 has been available in beta form for quite some time now (enough to work out how to potentially jailbreak it).
- josso 14y ago
  It's interesting to see whether it is an A5(X)-exploit that works on the A6 too, or if it's a iOS6 (perhaps iOS5) userland exploit.
bobbles 14y ago
Since I decided not to upgrade to iOS6.0 until the maps thing is sorted out, I've been playing around with Cydia today. For people that might be interested in what you can do (maybe haven't jailbroken before...) here's what I did. 1) Download Absinthe 2.0.4 for windows. 2) Run the the .exe 3) Click jailbreak They recommend clearing your phone to increase the speed but it only took me 5 minutes (without removing anything). Once completed, it will add the 'Cydia' app to your screen, which you can use to download other apps & utilities. Now onto the interesting part.. the apps I've installed today, and what they can do for the phone (all are free): 1) f.lux: Just like flux for the desktop, this will modify the temperature settings of the screen to adjust according to your timezone, being much easier on the eyes at night. 2) IconRenamer: Rename any icons. I like this because I can take something like 'Samsung TV Remote' which looks like 'Sams...ote' on my phone and change it to "TV Remote" 3) BrowserChanger: This allows me to install Google Chrome as my browser, and open all URLs by default in Chrome instead of safari (So I get all my synced bookmarks, etc. Opening a link from another app like Alien Blue, will use chrome instead of safari, as well as 'home screen' shortcuts) 4) ColoredKnob: Allows you to change the 'scroll to unlock' icon colour and size. 5) MissionBoard: Triple-Home-Click will open a MissionControl style background-app selector which shows screenshots of the apps in their current state on a nice background. 6) Torch: Adds a nice little icon next to the clock on the lock screen to enable flashlight torch. 7) Weather Icon: Causes the 'Weather' app to display the actual weather with icon and temperature. Runs based on the first weather screen, which can be set to 'local weather'. 8) Zeppelin: Customise the carrier logo. You can choose from things like the apple icon and countless others, which I like instead of having a giant "YES OPTUS" on my screen. 9) Adblock: Blocks ads. 10) SBSettings: Allows me to swipe my status bar to quickly toggle options like 3G / Wifi / Brightness. etc. You can also download themes to make this look more like a iOS native application. 11) NoNewsIsGoodNews: Disables the Newsstand icon which I have NEVER used in iOS. 12) Springflash: Enables me to double-tap the power button for a torch.. Not really necessary but I like it. 13) YTOpener: Automatically opens any youtube links in the new Google YouTube app. Works awesomely well. 14) LSMusicGestures: Adds swipe gestures for music controls to my lock screen. I love this as I dont have ipod controls on my car stereo. It allows me to do things like swipe to skip song, or double-tap to pause/resume a song. This is awesome as it means I no longer have to look at the phone, or try hitting the tiny buttons on the screen while driving. Doing all of this took about 30 minutes, doesn't do anything to make my phone look 'tacky', and had no issues at all. Can't believe I havn't been doing this since the day I got my 4S. I had previously tried using some of these apps on my 3G but it was pretty slow. Everything is nice and slick on the 4S though.
FootballMuse 14y ago
I'm not upgrading my i4S to the i5 until the jailbreak is available. Hope to see it soon.
malkia 14y ago
One thing that jailbroken device allows is jitting - for example luajit can run at full speed there, and possibly v8 and others.

44 points by superchink 14y ago

guelo 14y ago

I tend to think that Apple, and Android manufacturers for that matter, aren't really interested in full lockdown. Jailbreaking is a selling point for a good sized fraction of the market.

Empro 14y ago
When it comes to Apple, I seriously doubt it.
hbz 14y ago
Apple can't really keep vulnerabilities in iOS even if people demand jailbreaks. It's their obligation to patch them whenever possible to avoid third parties using the same hole to do something malicious.
mikeash 14y ago
If that were the case, why wouldn't they make it easier?
- joshryandavis 14y ago
  They don't trust Cydia, which is understandable.
  - mikeash 14y ago
    That's completely contrary to the idea that Apple is deliberately letting people circumvent the lockdown, though.
- r00fus 14y ago
  2 major reasons: The content industry Segmenting markets geopraphically
- ktizo 14y ago
  Marketing via nerdsniping. http://xkcd.com/356/ http://xkcd.com/356/ It has to be a challenge to make it interesting.
mason55 14y ago
Except Apple hired Comex, a well known iPhone hacker, to improve security

daeken 14y ago

I'm surprised that anyone doubts what chpwn posts, even if it is remarkably quick. After all, he's been doing this stuff for years and is quite well known for his jailbreak work; I'm sure he's spent the better part of 2 or 3 months working on a nice iOS6 hack to make this happen. (Disclaimer: He's been a friend of mine for years, so I can't say I'm not a bit biased)

bmeckel 14y ago
No I think most people trust him, he's done a lot of great work in the past. I'm just wondering if he held on to an A5 exploit and it turned out to be identical on the A6 set. If that's the case then it could make for a quicker turnaround for 4s and 5 jailbreaks.

DigitalSea 14y ago

This isn't that hard to believer, chpwn is incredibly talented and to be fair iOS 6 has been available in beta form for quite some time now (enough to work out how to potentially jailbreak it).

josso 14y ago
It's interesting to see whether it is an A5(X)-exploit that works on the A6 too, or if it's a iOS6 (perhaps iOS5) userland exploit.

bobbles 14y ago

Since I decided not to upgrade to iOS6.0 until the maps thing is sorted out, I've been playing around with Cydia today. For people that might be interested in what you can do (maybe haven't jailbroken before...) here's what I did. 1) Download Absinthe 2.0.4 for windows. 2) Run the the .exe 3) Click jailbreak They recommend clearing your phone to increase the speed but it only took me 5 minutes (without removing anything). Once completed, it will add the 'Cydia' app to your screen, which you can use to download other apps & utilities. Now onto the interesting part.. the apps I've installed today, and what they can do for the phone (all are free): 1) f.lux: Just like flux for the desktop, this will modify the temperature settings of the screen to adjust according to your timezone, being much easier on the eyes at night. 2) IconRenamer: Rename any icons. I like this because I can take something like 'Samsung TV Remote' which looks like 'Sams...ote' on my phone and change it to "TV Remote" 3) BrowserChanger: This allows me to install Google Chrome as my browser, and open all URLs by default in Chrome instead of safari (So I get all my synced bookmarks, etc. Opening a link from another app like Alien Blue, will use chrome instead of safari, as well as 'home screen' shortcuts) 4) ColoredKnob: Allows you to change the 'scroll to unlock' icon colour and size. 5) MissionBoard: Triple-Home-Click will open a MissionControl style background-app selector which shows screenshots of the apps in their current state on a nice background. 6) Torch: Adds a nice little icon next to the clock on the lock screen to enable flashlight torch. 7) Weather Icon: Causes the 'Weather' app to display the actual weather with icon and temperature. Runs based on the first weather screen, which can be set to 'local weather'. 8) Zeppelin: Customise the carrier logo. You can choose from things like the apple icon and countless others, which I like instead of having a giant "YES OPTUS" on my screen. 9) Adblock: Blocks ads. 10) SBSettings: Allows me to swipe my status bar to quickly toggle options like 3G / Wifi / Brightness. etc. You can also download themes to make this look more like a iOS native application. 11) NoNewsIsGoodNews: Disables the Newsstand icon which I have NEVER used in iOS. 12) Springflash: Enables me to double-tap the power button for a torch.. Not really necessary but I like it. 13) YTOpener: Automatically opens any youtube links in the new Google YouTube app. Works awesomely well. 14) LSMusicGestures: Adds swipe gestures for music controls to my lock screen. I love this as I dont have ipod controls on my car stereo. It allows me to do things like swipe to skip song, or double-tap to pause/resume a song. This is awesome as it means I no longer have to look at the phone, or try hitting the tiny buttons on the screen while driving. Doing all of this took about 30 minutes, doesn't do anything to make my phone look 'tacky', and had no issues at all. Can't believe I havn't been doing this since the day I got my 4S. I had previously tried using some of these apps on my 3G but it was pretty slow. Everything is nice and slick on the 4S though.

FootballMuse 14y ago

I'm not upgrading my i4S to the i5 until the jailbreak is available. Hope to see it soon.

malkia 14y ago

One thing that jailbroken device allows is jitting - for example luajit can run at full speed there, and possibly v8 and others.